Means for securing a sash or screen in the window-frame



S R-BEACON.

Patented Dec. Z7 1887.

(No Model.)

MEANS OF SECURING A SASH 0R SCREEN IN THE WINDOW FRAME.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SI-DNEY It. DEAOON, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

. MEANS FOR SECURING A SASH OR SCREEN IN THE WINDOW-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,344, dated December27, 1887.

Application filed March 18, 1887. Serial No. 231,381. (No model.)

To 0/ whom) it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY B. DEAOON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angel'es,in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Means forSecuring a Sash or Screen in the Window-Frame, of which the following isa specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple, and efficientmeans for securing a sash or screen in the window-frame, and to devisesimple and convenient means whereby the sash or window screen or blindmay be adapted to be readily placed in and removed from thewindow-frame. I accomplish this object by rabbeting one edge of one sidebar of the sash or screen frame, so'as to leave a strip or stop upon theother edge ofthe bar, providing a reciprocating bolt so mounted withinthe bar that when it is in position to lock the sash in the frame itprojects fromthe face of the bar, leaving between the bolt and the stopor strip a space into which a stop secured to the jamb of thewindow-frame may fit to hold the sash in position.

My invention is fully set forth in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of the outside of awindow'frame in which is mounted a screen sash or frame provided withmyinvention. A portion of the sash is broken away to expose my improvedspring-bolt. The sash is also shown in a raised position by means Fig. 2is a cross-section of the rabbeted side of the window frame and sashupon which the spring-bolt is mounted. Fig. 3 is a corresponding sectionof the opposite side of the sash and frame. Fig. 4 illustrates the edgeof the rabbeted side of the sash upon which the bolt is mounted. Fig. 5represents the other side of the sash.

A Aare thejambs of the window. B B represent the sidebars of thesash,screen, or blind.

D D are the stops secured to the window- One side bar, B, of the sash isprovided witha longitudinal groove, G, extending from end to endthereof, which fits upon the stop D. The rabbeted-bar B,'upon which thespring-bolt is mounted, is rabbeted from top to bottom, leaving theprojecting strip or stop F,whichfitsagainst theinnerside of the stop D.

My improved spring-bolt is a single wire bent to form the spring H, loopI, operatingrod J, and ring K, which formsa simple and cheap boltspecially adapted for this fastener. In mounting this bolt upon the sashor screen frame I pass the rod J through the side bar, B, of the sash,as shown in Fig.1, before bending the rod to form the ring K. I theninsert the point L (formed by bending the end of the spring) into thewood, and bend the spring so that the loop I will be made to projectbeyond the side of the sash. The space between the loop I and the stripF is equal to the width of the stop D, so that the stop fits snuglybetween the strip F and the loop when the spring is in the positionshown in the drawings. Achamber, M, is provided in the edge of the sideof the sash to allow the spring andloop to bedrawn back flush with theedge of the sash.

The operation of the fastener is as follows: When it is desired to placethe screen or sash in the frame, the spring and loop are drawn back bymeans of the rod into the chamber M. The groove G is fitted upon thestop D, and the sash isput into position as shown in Fig. 1, the strip Ffitting against the inner side of the stop B. The spring is thenreleased and forces the loop I to project from the face of the bar andform, in conjunction with the strip or stop'F, a guideway fitting uponthe stop D, which prevents the sash from being withdrawn from the frame.To remove the sash the spring is drawn back by means of the ring K, thusleaving the sash free to be taken from the frame.

It is obvious that a bolt constructed differently from my improvedspring-bolt may be used to retain the sash in place.

I am aware that it has been proposed to rabbet or grooveand tongue theinner faces of a window-frame, and to groove or rabbet correspondinglythe stiles of the screen-frame; and, also, to combine with such aconstruction a bolt adapted to engage in the groove in the window-frame.I am also aware that it has been proposed to provide the window-framewith vertical strips and the screen-frame with grooved bolts and arms tobear upon the strips, and these plans I hereby disclaim.

While, therefore, I make no'broad claim to a screen-frame held inposition by means of a sliding bolt,

\Vhat I do claim is- 1. In combination with jambs A A, having verticalstrips D D, the screen-frame having a central groove in one stile to fitthe strip D, and a strip or stop, F, on the inneredge of the othervertical stile,t0 rest against the inner face of the strip D, and asliding bolt projecting through one of the stiles, and, in conjunctionwith the strip F, preventing the accidental displacement of the screen.

2. In combination with the jambs A A and strips D D, a screen-frameprovided on one of its stiles with a vertical groove and on theinneredge of the opposite stile with a strip or stop, F, and a sliding boltprojecting outward I 5 through the stile thatis provided with the stripF, and comprising the arms H and J, bent at right angles to each otherto form an eye, I, to bear upon the side of the strip 1), allsubstantially as shown.

S. R. DEAGON. \Vi tnesses:

JAS. R. TOWNSEND, J. R. DRAGON.

